Live online ASL classes Sign Language for all ages Deaf & hearing.

A Musical Journey Through Language and Learning

Music Programs with a Twist

Baby Fingers offers creative sign language and music programs for families, babies and children, schools, parents and educators. Our programs support early language development for Deaf and hearing children, while strengthening overall communication and family bond through the use of music and sign language.

Baby Fingers programs are not just for babies, and we are not your run of the mill “baby sign language” program. We provide instruction in a real language – American Sign Language: ASL. Our teachers are music therapists, teachers of the Deaf, ASL interpreters, Deaf educators, special educators, and teaching artists who are experienced with children, proficient in sign language, trained in our curriculum and methods. At Baby Fingers, our students are newborns through adults, hearing and Deaf, with and without disabilities.

Sign Language + Music = Baby Fingers

Group Classes

Our group classes consist of creative sign language and music classes for Deaf and hearing students of ALL ages.

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1:1 Private Classes

Baby Fingers offers a variety of programs customized to meet your family’s individualized needs. Whether 1:1 or group, our team is ready to assist you and your family.

Professional Develpoment

Baby Fingers’ professional development for educators, therapists, and other professionals focuses on Baby Fingers trademarked Curriculum, including ASL, vocabulary, introduction to Deaf culture, song repertoire, teaching methods and more.

Enrichment & Community Programs

In addition to our private and group classes, Baby Fingers offers enrichment and community classes for schools, libraries, and other venues throughout the New York Metro area.

Birthday Parties , Concerts and Events

Whether you are looking for our signature Sign & Song class, Interactive Music and Parachute Play or a Live Concert, our birthday parties and events are so much fun!

Meet Lora Heller, MS, LCAT, MT-BC

Founding Director of Baby Fingers
Music Therapist, Teacher of the Deaf, MOM

When Lora’s older son was born, she had decided from day 1, she would teach him sign language as his first language. Signing with voice off and when speaking both provided more accessible language. When she saw him start signing at 6 months, she was inspired to create Baby Fingers in 2000. As a trained and experienced, board certified music therapist and teacher of the Deaf, Lora knew sign language and music were the perfect foundations for learning and communication. After creating Baby Fingers’ first round of classes Lora fine-tuned the foundation of Baby Fingers’ curriculum in her master’s thesis. In 2004 she published the first of seven sign language books with Sterling Publishers.

Creative Sign Language and Music Classes for Deaf & Hearing Students of All Ages

Baby Fingers was designed to support language acquisition while fostering the parent-child bond. Our curriculum is rooted in real language and culture, supported by research and evidence-based practice.

At Baby Fingers, our students of all ages are hearing and Deaf. Music is an essential component of our program, providing natural repetition, ease of focus, memory aid, rhythmic support, vocal exploration, and overall joy!

What People Say: Testimonials & Press Reviews

It is truly a challenge to convey how much we love Lora and Baby Fingers. Baby Fingers has been (and continues to be) an integral part of our son's life. We started coming to class when our son was about 8 months old and each time we walked into the room, his face would light up. After only a few classes he began to sign regularly. We are confident our son's strong verbal skills are a testament to all he has learned in Baby Fingers!

I can’t say enough about Baby Fingers! I recommend it to everyone I know!”

My son and I thoroughly enjoyed the class. I am continuing to sing and sign to him when he gets into a teething fuss and immediately his face lights up with joy. I hope one day that he will sign back, so we can start communicating.

As a hearing child of oral deaf parents, I was excited to learn about Baby Fingers. I dropped into a class with my 2.5 year old, and it was every bit as wonderful as I had hoped! My only regret was not learning about these classes sooner - I wish I started coming with my son when he was still an infant. It's such a wonderful way to bond with your little ones while helping them to learn language and music. It is also clear to me how valuable these classes are in helping to improve parents' communication with their pre-verbal little ones. I highly recommend!!

This is absolutely the best baby class I've been to. My daughter loves it. She just started to sign milk and I'm just soooo happy. Definitely a must if you have a baby Lora ROCKS!

I've done two classes with Baby Fingers and absolutely love it!! The teachers are amazing and the music is very catchy. My daughter (now 4) learned to say a lot of different phrases in sign language before she could talk & this was so useful in helping us communicate with her!! She would tell us when she was "all done" eating, wanted "more", wanted "milk" and so many other specific foods, would say "please", and "I love you".Most importantly, it's a lot of fun!

Lora is extremely professional and experienced in teaching, signing and working with children. She is also a caring and thoughtful teacher. She had a wonderful rapport with our son and we hope to work with her again in the future!